ghiaccio

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Italian word ghiaccio comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷl̥-, and later Latin glacies ((figuratively) hardness. Ice.)

*gʷl̥- (Proto-Indo-European)

glacies (Latin)

(figuratively) hardness. Ice.

*glacia (Vulgar Latin)

*glacia (Latin)

(Vulgar Latin) ice.

ghiaccia (Italian)

(archaic) ice. (rare, foods) icing, frosting.

ghiaccio (Italian)

Ice.

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